Today's YA Scene.

YOUNG adult literature; BUSINESS planning; IMPRINTS (Publishers' & printers' statements); PUBLISHING; FINANCIAL performance; BEST sellers; RETURN to Paradise (Book); ELKELES, Simone

The article presents updates on the young adult (YA) literature market. There is a plan by Harlequin Teen to publish 16 books in 2010 after experiencing gradual growth in its list. Flux, an imprint of Llewellyn Worldwide, has posted a 90% increase in its 2010 sales and its first "New York Times" bestseller through Simone Elkeles' "Return to Paradise." Sterling Children's Books will venture into the YA stage through the publishing of the first title under the Splinter imprint.